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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-02-04
CHAPTER VI.

Grant, Boyle, emerging from behind
an evergreen, comes leisurely forward, an
inscrutable smile upon his firm lips
"Our dance, Millicent," he says, in the
slow drawing tone to which she is so ac-
customed, and which she has begun to
hate so heartily.
II dare say" she says, coolly.
"Will you dance it, or pass the time in
the gardens5-they are astonishingly
pretty"
THAT depends upon whom / view the
gardens with, says she, glancing at him
insolenty from under half closed lids
with me, of course
"Ahl-then shall dance it,
"As you will, my pretty cousin.n
There is touch of vindictiveness in the
smile he bends upon her. Perhaps,
even, you would prefer to neither dance
nor go into the gardens with me, but
spend the half hour--another half hour
here with Mr.. Massareeney"
III for moment he had supposed he
could confuse or disconcert her, he finds
out his mistake at once.
"Yes, / should prefer that, ~ she saws.
Massareene at this makes step toward
her, but Grant, Boyle waves him back
with curious laugh.
mo, no, my friend, 4" he says genially.
lyon can not have it all your own way.
would not give up this dance with nv
cousin " He pauses, and then laughs
aloud do you know, Milly, was very
near saying, with my wife, but that
would have been unlucky, ehg Counting
before the happy time, eh2 But really,
You know"-turning again to Massa-
reene-'I would not miss this dance with
Miss Grey for great deal"
Ut is astonishing how much you can
say in little time, " says his fiancee with
an Ill disguised sneer, rising with deliber-
ate want of haste from her low seat
"Well If this thing has got to be danced
let us go and do it, She lays her hand
upon her cousins arm, and moves away
step or two with him. Then she
glances back over her shoulder at Mas
sareene, who is looking little white, and
comes to a standstill. "The next is
ours, " she says N very sweet voice;
come for me as soon as you can, /
shall be glad to see you again. This is
as much as 10 say she will be oyerioyed
when her dance with the man who is her
afiianced husband has drawn TO a close.
Grant Boyle, with a smothered impreca-
ton, moves on again, and she perforce ac-
companies him-but not to the ball room.
I'm not going to dance this, nor am
going into the gardens" she says with
decision. ~ am going TO sit in the
smaller hall, and criticise the people
while they come and go. That viii help
TO pass away the time"
Until you can with politeness get rid
of me"
Don't be rude, my dear Grant,. To
put an unpleasant truth in RlarinQ colo-
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OF the calm. Millicent turns wearily upon
her pillow, and tries with passionate
anxiety ~ forget her woes in sleep. In
vain she courts the wished for slumber;
In vain she seeks to kill her cruel
thoughts Still they remain with her,
growing ever more persistent rs wake
fulness grows upon her. Impatient, and
angry with herself, and finding the night
insulferably warm, she half pushes the
bedclothes from her, with the intention
OF rising and flinging wide her window,
when slight noise in the adjoining room
arrests her attention.
Is 1t footstep2 or one of those strange
sounds that break the stiffness of the
night9-ghostly sounds that we all know,
coming from nowhere apparently, yet
loud enough to make the pulses beat and
suggest covering Of the head with the
friendly bedclothes.
Millicent, wide awake now, but uncer-
tain, listens intently. She has indeed
drawn back her foot into the shelter of
the bed, but otherwise has shown no
fear. Is it stepp 1t has stopped now.
After all, it might have been auntie
coming for her cologne water, or one of
the maids for the neuralgia cure that lies
ON the mantelpiece in her boudoir. In
spite OF these consolatory reflections,
however, she cannot conceal from her
self that she is growing frightened. and
is rcgretting with ever increasing earn
estness the fact that she is sleeping
alone, in n corridor cut off from the rest
of the house.
Pshawl after all, it was nothing-a
silly scare. Silence once more reigns su-
preme. Not even the indomtable mouse
is TO be heard. No scratchinGs, no
squeaks anywhere. Not even a
Good heavens what was that? That
horrible stealing sound in the room be-
yond. 1t is coming nearer and neareri
or that some horrible inner sense as
sures her, though now she can hear moth
ing. Oh, how the minutes dragl The
knowledge that even if she screamed
until life left her she could not be heard
by any one member of the household
adds ten thousand terrors to her already
miserable situation
All therel There it is agan-that
stealthy footstep; more distinct now
more real. All in one moment every
shuddering recollection of people muir
dered, every gbastly detail that she has
ever read or heard recurs to her, and
makes the blood freeze within her veins.
Soon, perhaps, that blood will be frozen
eternally.
And now maddening regret occurs to
her. The bell why had she not thought
Of that sooner To cross the room, to
pull violently at it--even If her effort
failed to bring one of the servants "a
most likely thing, as all the servants
sleep at the very top of the house)-at
least she might have alarmed this mid
night assassin, and sent him flying from
the scene Of his unlawful labors. But
now Is it too late yet?
Almost paralyzed by fear as she is, she
rises cautiously upon her elbow, and is
just about to make a rush for the bell,
when
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CHAPTER VII.

1t is midnight. Twelve hours have
been chimed by some great clock a mile
away, the strokes falling solemnly on the
stll air OF the summer night. Traffic
has ceased, and only the sound of an oc-
casional carriage may be heard, the red
lights from its lamps flaming upward
and sometimes casting lurid shadow
upon the bed where Millicent lies sleep
ing.
The girl had appeared little tired. a
little ennuyee for the last day or two, and
Mrs Brand had decided upon her refus-
ing any invitation for this one night at
least. She should go to bed early, so
would Mrs Brand-the whole household,
INDEED, should retire at an abnormally
early hour, and Grant, who was ac-
quainted with all these circumstances
and arrangements, was forbidden to call
after six o'clock.
Boom - boom - boom - goes the bip
clock somewhere. Millicent, as thoupb
disturbed by it, turns uneasily in her bed,
and, as growing consciousness gains on
her, signs deeply. Alas there are many
reasons why she, the petted debutante of
the year, should sigh profoundly, Her
BODY, indeed, is well (this seems rather a
grievance than otherwise), but her heart
is SICK and sore within her. Obi the
horror of having to marry Grant, while
her affection is all concentrated on
anotherl And yet, TO lose her Inherit
ance! To girl trained as she has been
as hundreds Of others are trained
such a consideration is paramount. To
be cast from her throne, to be discarded
by her world, to sink from comparative
supremacy to sure mediocrity i'm that
lies the sting.
II only the matter could be altered
and arranged for her on lines according
to her own liking She had Thought Of
appealing To her aupt-had even hinted
TO her that Boyle was not altogether so
dear TO her as he should be. But Mrs.
Brand had pooh-poohed all such hints as
being mere girlish folly, and had told her
that in time she would find her cousin
was far above the average OF the Young
men she met, and that they had good
reason TO believe defunct title, that had
once belonged to branch OF their fam
ly, would be revived in his favor.
How quiet the night has grownl Even
IN the heart Of this surging London. Il
seems as though time of rest can reign,
the stir, the roll Of the odd carriage or
two only enhances the extreme desdnsss
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State Oficiais Sent tn Jail.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. SIN the United States
Court, to-day, Judges Hughes and Bond the bench,
the contempt disposed of These grew
out of the action of certain State officials who in the
execution of act of Assembly refused Ito accept
coupons in payment of license tax Judge Bond is
sued restraining order and Rufus A.
Ayers Attorney-general of Virginia, Captain
John Scott Commonwealth attorney of Fauquier.
Jas. NJ McCabe Commonwealth attorney of Lou
don. and f. G. Gleaves. Commemorative attorney of
Wythe were summoned to appear. The court fined
Attorney general Ayers $500 consigned him to the
custody of the United States marshal until the fine
was paid and the creating contempt of court
dismissed. In the of Captain Scott the fne
put at %5 with similar requirements McCabe
was fined s 100. All required to have their
dismissed in order to purge themselves of con-
tempt Gleaves's postponed until
the oath. Gleaves is Republican. At
torney-general Ayers and Captain Scott
were to night consigned to the city jail. Gov Fitz-
hugh Lee paid them a visit about IL o'clock. He
pressed himself in terms that could not be mis-
taken against the action of the court The Attorney
general and Captain Scott viii doubt have the
company of Mr. J. N. McCabe. of London. who,
der the rulings of the court is in contempt and
fined 800. Attorney general Ayers will at
prepare petition for habeas corpus, which should
up before the Supreme Court of the United
States next Wednesday.
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Gable Notes.

The petroleum flowing out of the wells at Baku is
seriously inundatng the town. 1t is impossible to
store the oil.
Herr Schliemann has obtained the permission of
the Greek government to make series of excavations
the island of Cythera.
from the position of chief of the French War Depart
ment staff, Madame Limonsin and Baron kreitmaier
German, have been arrested for selling civil deco
rations
1t is reported that the attempt to poison the late
Sultan the result of harem intrigue. Some
time ago poison discovered in some food pre-
pared for the Sultan, and since then he has eaten
nothing Unless the servants partook of 1t first.
The Duchess of Cumberland has been removed from
the asylum where she confined to villa at
Penzng. The doctors have prohibited any interview
with her husband and the children for several days,
bat her Their and the Princess of Wales will visit
her next week If her mental condition will permit.
The Sultan of Morocco is dead notwithstanding
that dispatch from Tangier Friday reported his
dispatch received yesterday from Tanger says it is
officially announced that his Majesty is not only
alive but that his condition is better than has been
for days.
The Austrian Crown Princess Stephanie it is
ported has obtained permanent separation from
Prince Rudolph and has gone TO stay with her royal
parents in Belgium. Emperor Francis Joseph ap-
proves of her separation from Prince Rudolph be-
of the latter's constant infdelity and treat
ment of Princess Stephanie.
Baron Zolernacher. of Antweiler, member of the
Prussan Oberhaus challenged Baron Schorlemer to
bishop of Cologne interfered in the matter and
communicated Baron Zolemacher. the writ of excom-
munication being read IL the parish church of the
Schumacher family. The Baron subsequently went to
the archbishop and asked pardon for his breach the
laws of the church, and the accommodation was
rails
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wHEAT-GROwING IN INDIA.
Increased Transport alton Likely to Make
that Country Our Great Competitor.

Increased Transport alton Likely to Make
that Country Our Great Competitor.
WASHINGTON, Ocs a-The report of Consul
general Bonham. at Calcutta, British India,
treats at length Of the wheat interests of that
country during the fiscal year ended March 81,
1885, Tho area devoted to wheat was about 81
bushels. AS compared with the wheat Of the
Pacific coast the Indian wheat is inferior, but
when exported to Europe it is mixed and ground
with wheat Of a superior quality, by which pro-
cess fair marketable grade of -four 10 OBJ
tanned. The method of cultivating the soil is, in
the main. the same centuries ago, and there
seems to be great difficulty in inducing
the farmers to invest Ia modern agricultural i'm
Elements, and yet with all the simple and prim-
tive methods the Indian farmers can in the
opinion of the consul general, successfully COM
pete with those of the United States in the pro-
duction Of wheat. This is due to the fact that
the Indian farmers outfit represents a capital of
not more than $40 or $50 and his hired help works.
feeds aud clothes himself on about 81 SO
a month. A table is annexed showing that the
export of wheat from British India has increased
from SOC, 600 cwt in 1868, TO $1,000, 900 cwt in
1886, and that the increase of 1886 over 1885
amounts TO about 1000, 900 cwt Tho consul
general says that some OF his predecessors have
claimed that the United States has nothing to
fear from India as a competitor in the produc-
concur, and believes that " today 0'I India Is
is second only to the United States
in wheat growing. Furthermore. wheat growing
in India is yet in its infancy, and its further
development depends principally upon the
means Of transportation to the seaboard. He
fears that with the cheap native labor of India
and the constantly growing facilities for trans
portation, the United States will find her a
formidable competitor as producer Of the staff
of life.
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THE INDIAN TROUBLES.

Army Officers Think Peace Can BE Main
tanned If Prudence Prevails.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6-War Department Of
fcials 90 not fear any serious trouble 1t the
Mountain agency il the Crow Indians are treated
prudently. and General Terry's action in order
ing the troops to confne themselves for tho
present to the protection of property at the
agency Ia regarded at the department as meet
iEg the case so fully as to leave no room for In
structions from Washington. It is felt that a
war of large proportions might be caused by
harsh treatment Of the Indians or an attempt to
arrest those who have be- fractions merely
exhibition of authority. Experienced army
officers the more concerned over
the possibilities Of an extensive Indian outbreak
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PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
He Devotes the Day to Fishing in lake Men,
dota-Cards from Distinguished Callers.

MADISON. Wis, Oct. 8-This is good fishing
weather, and tho President and his companions
have gone fishing on Lake Mendoza. A steam
launch conveyed them to nm island in the lake,
whence they went to the fishing grounds in small
csived. The crowds have disappeared. and,
with the exception of the banners. arches and
Chinese lanters, the town wears it's ordinary
pect
A special train composed of the three private
cars of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Chauncey NJ. Depew
and Marvin Hughltt. president of the North
western railroad, and having on board dozen
high railroad dignitaries. reached this place at
noon. Messrs. Vanderbilt Depew. HughNt and
Walter Webb took carriages for the Villas man.
sion to pay their respects to the President of the
United States, but he had not returned from
fishing, and the callers left their cards and re-
turned to the train. which left here half an hour
later for Duluth. These gentlemen expect TO be
in ST. Paul next Monday. and will probably
Mrs. Cleveland and Mr.. Bissell. who did not
accompany the fishers, are resting quietly to-day
at the Villas home.
The Presidents fishing party returned at 6.
they had excellent luck and brought back be-
tween thirty and forty good-szed fish as
trophies.
with Colonel Villas, Professor .Chamberlain,
president Of tho Wisconsin University, and wife;
Colonel knight aud wife, and Mr.. B. j. Stevens
and wife. of Madison, being present. "A public
reception was given by the President and Mira.
Cleveland at the Villas mansion between and
IL o'clock this evening. TO the citizens of Madi-
It has already been stated that the Postmas-
ter-generai and Mrs. Vialas would join the presi-
dectal party hers, but the matter not
definitely determined until to-day. They have
now accepted the Presidents invitation and will
accompany him during tho remainder OF the
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But Sufficient Available Cash Has Already
Been Secured to Warrant the Declaring
of Dividend of Twenty-Five Per Cent.
India Likely to Soon Become Formid-
able Competitor in Wheat Raising.
The Presidents Prepared Speeches and the
Denial Entered by Printer Benedict
The Indian Troubles in the Northwest.
HARPER's BANK.

The Showing Made by Partial Investiga-
ton of Assets and Liabilities.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8-The Comptroller OF
the Currency has received from Mr.. David
Armstrong, the receiver of the Fidelity
National Bank of Cincinnati, full schedules
of the assets and liabilities of that bank
as they existed at date of failure.
June 81, 1887. Owing to the great number
Of accounts kept by the bank and their unbal-
anced condition at the date of the failure, the
production Of full and accurate schedules has
involved great labor and consequent delay.
These schedules place the nominal value Of the
assets at upwards of $5,s00,o 600, of which more
than half classed worthless or doubtful.
The apparently valid claims upon the bank,
proved and not yet proved. about
So 100000 while there amounts in
dispute ageregating nearly 81. SOC. 900. The sub
scriptons to the increase of capital stock
amount to 81, 1913. 000 but less than half Of this
amount was paid in money. and even if what
paid should be finally adiudged to con-
stitute liability of the receivership, it will be
nearly all Offset by assessments original
stock. The liabilities to depositors about
$500 .00O of which little over 5000, 600 appears
to be held locally. Banks and bankers appear
creditors for more than 50, O00, 00O but some
changes may be made in these figures.
On account of the doubtful value of the assets
and the large claims in dispute, it is impossible
at the present time to make estimate OF what
dividends may be paid ultimately. The cash in
hand and the amount of assets undoubtedly
good, warrant a present dividend of % per cont,
and the receiver has been instructed to prepare
the checks and schedules at once Claims
amounting to less than one-half Of ths apparent
liabilities of the bank have been proved under
the three months notice given to creditors in
accordance with the provisions of Section 1928,
of the Revised Statutes of the United: Estates, and
of course improved claims must now await At
tention until after the FIRST dividend.
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THE PRESIDENTS SPEECHES.

Gauzy Character of the Denial Entered by
Public Printer Benedict.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct Sit has been charged
with great deal Of particularly that the Presi-
dent had the speeches which he delivered in In
diana printed at the Government Printing Office
before he started on his trip. When this charge
was brought to the attention Of the Public
Printer, that official made a qualified denial. in
which he stated that he had never printed any
thing at the Government Printing Office which
had not been previously authorized by Congress-.
To emphasize this denial no asserted that he
was careful in this respect that he did not
even set up his own report last winter, until it
had been ordered to be printed by Congress; he
even asserted that he never prints anything
which is not previously authorized by tho only
body which has power to order work done in his
Office II anything further were needed to show
that the Public Printer had told an untruth, it
is found in this latter portion of his statement
He printed the Presidents message before it had
been ordered by Congress; in fact. before Con-
gress met then, too, he printed 200 copies
of each of the Presidents veto messages before
they sent to Congress, and they
have not only never been authorized vet, out
they are not charged to any appropriation. It
is remarkable fact, too, that in spite of the
denials of the Public Printer that the Presidents
speeches. were printed In MS ONCE, Lnere are IN
existence in this city copies of not only those
which he has already delivered but of those
which are still to be ratified off. These in
the possession of one of the printers at the Gov
eminent Printing Office, who says that there is
a remarkable similarity between those which
were aimed at the heads of the people OF Indi-
annapolis and Terre Haute, and that which is
still to be delivered in Montgomery, also. It is,
of course, possible that this speech will not be
delivered; that too much has been said about the
encyclopedias; nevertheless il il in existence.
and it might be produced if it should be needed
for any good purpose. It may be interesting to
com pare this original proof with the speech
which the President will deliver in Montgomery
after the chief magistrate visits that thriving
town,